Stick-Thin Model Anja Rubik’s Hip Bone Flash Encourages ‘Starvation Tactics’

May 9 2012, Published 4:33 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
The Costume Institute Met Gala is regarded as one of New York City’s most glamorous nights of the year, but sadly one guest used the occasion to flaunt her extreme thinness, and Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal that her actions may have deep-rooted ripple affects and even risk her life.
In a pose that was reminiscent of Angelina Jolie’s bizarre leg flash at the Oscars, model Anja Rubik deliberately stood with her razor-sharp hip jutting out of her skimpy cut-out white silk Anthony Vaccarello gown to accentuate her stick-thin figure.
“In exposing her body we can't help but think or wonder what she wants us to know about her?” pondered psychotherapist and eating disorder expert Jessica Aronson, who has not treated the model, in an exclusive interview with Breaking Celebrity News.
“Her dress and leg and bone exposure is revealing and it certainly sends a message to women about thinness,” she explained. “And not a healthy message as in order to achieve it someone must go to extreme measures including starvation tactics and methods associated with eating disorders.”
On an evening when glamorous A-list stars such as Gisele Bunchen and Beyoncé wowed the crowds, Rubik appeared to use her emaciated state as a desperate bid for attention, a move that has disgusted and concerned many others in the health industry.
“It's time the fashion industry as a whole looked at what is considered normal and healthy, and this is a c